RAND: Brent Thomas2015-07-28T15:26:02ZCopyright (c) 2015, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttp://www.rand.org/about/people/t/thomas_brent.htmlProject AIR FORCE Modeling Capabilities for Support of Combat Operations in Denied Environmentshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR427.html2015-07-07T15:00:00Z2015-07-07T15:00:00ZDocuments the modeling framework Project AIR FORCE developed to evaluate combat support requirements, basing posture vulnerabilities, operational resilience, and potential mitigation strategies to support combat operations in a denied environment.Commercial Intratheater Airlifthttp://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1313.html2013-04-08T09:45:00Z2013-04-08T09:45:00ZIntratheater airlift delivers critical and time-sensitive supplies to deployed forces, but is it cost effective to use commercial, rather than organic Air Force, aircraft to supply this airlift?Analysis of the Air Force Logistics Enterprisehttp://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR813.html2011-09-29T08:30:00Z2011-09-29T08:30:00ZReallocating C-130 maintenance workloads between mission-generation units and centralized repair facilities offers efficiency and effectiveness benefits to the Air Force, and integrated maintenance concepts may offer additional benefits.Targeting the Occupational Skill Pairings Needed in New Air Force Colonelshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR759.html2010-10-07T09:59:00Z2010-10-07T09:59:00ZThe Air Force needs to develop a second occupational competency, or a paired skill, in many of its future colonels and generals so they can fill leadership jobs that require competency beyond their primary occupational backgrounds.Analysis of the Air Force Logistics Enterprise: Evaluation of Global Repair Network Options for Supporting the F-16 and KC-135http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG872.html2009-10-30T10:48:00Z2009-10-30T10:48:00ZDevelops an approach for rebalancing aircraft maintenance capabilities between mission generation units and a network of centralized repair facilities, illustrated by an application to the F-16 and KC-135 weapon systems.Models of Operational Training in Fighter Squadronshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1701.html2003-01-01T12:01:49Z2003-01-01T12:01:49ZDescribes a model that calculates the sorties that must be flown to provide crew members with the operational training they needEstimating the Operational Training Needs of Air Force Fighter Squadronshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB107.html2003-01-01T00:00:00Z2003-01-01T00:00:00ZThis research brief summarizes the findings in Models of Operational Training in Fighter Squadrons (MR-1701-AF).Absorbing Air Force Fighter Pilots: Parameters, Problems, and Policy Optionshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1550.html2002-01-01T12:01:50Z2002-01-01T12:01:50ZAbsorbing Air Force Fighter Pilots: Parameters, Problems, and Policy Options